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when eisenhower does decide to run in 1952, truman wishes him the best until the moment when eisenhower had the chance in wisconsin to denounce joe mccarthy and defend his revered mentor, george marshall. >> secretary of state marshall. >> right. eisenhower had in his speech where mccarthy would be present a defense of marshall and ended up dropping it from the speech. "the new york times" had a copy. they revealed the fact that eisenhower at the last moment had chosen not to issue his defense of george marshall. >> do you know why? >> he had been warned by other republicans that wisconsin was close and the balance of the senate could be in play. some said you could incite a riot. a lot of people were waving him off. they said do not do it in his home state. eisenhower for the rest of his life may have regretted the decision. he ends up not defending marshall. truman is appalled. he gets very worked up about it. he calls eisenhower a moral coward. he says i thought i knew him. i trusted him. he has betrayed everything i thought he stood for. i do not think he is fit to be president. by
when eisenhower does decide to run in 1952, truman wishes him the best until the moment when eisenhower had the chance in wisconsin to denounce joe mccarthy and defend his revered mentor, george marshall. >> secretary of state marshall. >> right. eisenhower had in his speech where mccarthy would be present a defense of marshall and ended up dropping it from the speech. "the new york times" had a copy. they revealed the fact that eisenhower at the last moment had chosen not...
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we went to the eisenhower ranch in gettysburg after reagan won the primary and eisenhower began to give advice about politics. but they also talked about national security. a lot of times and we know from the nest of those conversations, they talked often about vietnam. bear in mind this is 65, 66, 67. this was a key issue. they talk about vietnam and eisenhower's observations were a bad idea to get into a land war in asia but if you get in any war you have got to plan to win it and he was really disdainful of the johnson approach to a slice at a time gradualism that eisenhower one quote was as a company holding a hill give me a division and i will take it without any casualties. eisenhower message to reagan was if you are going to get involved think through why. don't do it without an endgame but if you do get involved full force all the way. i believe the concept of peace through strength came from that relationship. it was a close relationship. >> in the far back. >> did the ronald reagan you knew the one who occupy the white house have a sense of his place in history and if he did h
we went to the eisenhower ranch in gettysburg after reagan won the primary and eisenhower began to give advice about politics. but they also talked about national security. a lot of times and we know from the nest of those conversations, they talked often about vietnam. bear in mind this is 65, 66, 67. this was a key issue. they talk about vietnam and eisenhower's observations were a bad idea to get into a land war in asia but if you get in any war you have got to plan to win it and he was...
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understand that eisenhower was a west pointer, class of 1915. not to put too fine a point on it, he was a west point snob. he didn't have the appreciation of a mirror reserve officer to keep hidden where the west point ring. it's surprising, because eisenhower obviously was intelligent and he was a capable leader and administrator or so what makes you wonder what was it about his professional military education that led him to denigrate to a certain extent reserve officers. but doolittle, as i quote in the book, wrote to his wife in late 1943, i guess i finally sold myself to general eisenhower because i'm going to command the 15th air force. eisenhower did not necessarily have a veto on that decision because he was in the process of moving up to england to establish the supreme allied headquarters there, but he certainly demonstrated his acceptance of doolittle two months after doolittle established the 15th air force, and requested him to run the eighth air force for the rest of the war. >> and let's talk just a minute about doolittle's replac
understand that eisenhower was a west pointer, class of 1915. not to put too fine a point on it, he was a west point snob. he didn't have the appreciation of a mirror reserve officer to keep hidden where the west point ring. it's surprising, because eisenhower obviously was intelligent and he was a capable leader and administrator or so what makes you wonder what was it about his professional military education that led him to denigrate to a certain extent reserve officers. but doolittle, as i...
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named for the graduate and later president, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. >> so let's get right to it. performing holiday presents ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> j >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as abide the scenes look at the united states military academy. but as we take a quick break, here is the west point cadet glee club, singing mansions of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ to the ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select models at the season of audi sales event. visit audioffers.com today. >> jon: we're back with the west point >>> we're glad you're with us for our west point holiday special, i'm john scott, here at the academy of west point, to bring you the amazing sounds o
named for the graduate and later president, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. >> so let's get right to it. performing holiday presents ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> j >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as abide the scenes look at the united states military academy....
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named for the graduate and later president, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. >> so let's get right to it. performing holiday presents ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> j >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as abide the scenes look at the united states military academy. but as we take a quick break, here is the west point cadet glee club, singing mansions of the lord. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to the if you're suffering from constipation or irregularity, powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. dulcolax, for relief you can count on. dulcolax, for relief you can count on. but the comfort it provides is it's justimmeasurable.ece the america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes, every day. so this season give something that means so
named for the graduate and later president, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. >> so let's get right to it. performing holiday presents ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> j >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as abide the scenes look at the united states military academy....
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eisenhower's style? >> quintessentially '50s. pretty in pink, big, poofy skirts. >> one of the most popular with little girls who visit the collection. you can't beat the fairy tale pink princess dress. >> you see that right here, most definitely. certainly is bedazzled. valerie, do you think mrs. eisenhower was able to retain the style because she could purchase it or because it was embedded in her? lisa kathleen, i'm asking you the same. >> it's of the period. so in that sense it's fashionable. but it's by no means cutting edge fashion. it's sort of anne fogerty if not dior. >> she loves clothes, but mamie eisenhower will tell you herself this is by nettie rosenstein. so she will go to a designer or she will buy it from a mail order catalog. whatever she thinks is pretty is what interests her and also that doesn't look old. mamie eisenhower was very concerned she not look old ladyish. so she wanted things and this dress to me is a good example as something that made her feel young in which she appeared young. >> and another. >>
eisenhower's style? >> quintessentially '50s. pretty in pink, big, poofy skirts. >> one of the most popular with little girls who visit the collection. you can't beat the fairy tale pink princess dress. >> you see that right here, most definitely. certainly is bedazzled. valerie, do you think mrs. eisenhower was able to retain the style because she could purchase it or because it was embedded in her? lisa kathleen, i'm asking you the same. >> it's of the period. so in...
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back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro's government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange much ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. some restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba will be eased. the white house says american businesses will be able to open accounts at cuban banks and travellers permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards in cuba. what the policy change doesn't do is lift the u.s. embargo on trade. that takes an act of congress, and both houses were blasted and pledged to keep sanctions in place. for more on the turbulent history, we need to travel in time to the late 1950s. and our story begins with an image of what used to be the havana. >> to understand why the u.s. and cuba had a strained relationship, you need to go back to 1958. that year president iceep hour in support of the -- eisenhower in support of the rebel fidel castro imposed restrictions against a dictator that rose to power in the years before. then on new year's day in 1959 castro's guerilla army entere
back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro's government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange much ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. some restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba will be eased. the white house says american businesses will be able to open accounts at cuban banks and travellers permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards in cuba. what the policy change doesn't do is lift the...
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we know of these because of the records that are at the eisenhower library. reagan had a hero but also of note. the archvillain in reagan's life was robert kennedy, his supreme nemesis. in 1961 upon becoming his brother's attorney general he pursued corruption with a vengeance. he also targeted political opponents. kennedy hold reagan before a grand jury two weeks later. the justice department subpoenaed. the matter never resulted in an indictment, he lost his job. they got the news over lunch on sunday. i just lost my job. his daughter confirmed that same daughter confirmed that same bobby kennedy had a hand in this cancellation. this may not be accurate. others pointed out that they were losing ratings. liens leaned on general electric and caused the cancellation. he sought retribution during a debate. television in europe, but he went all out when kennedy entered the presidential campaign sweepstakes with reagan really got actively involved in campaigning for the presidential population. kennedy in and then relented if a religious man. his minister was one
we know of these because of the records that are at the eisenhower library. reagan had a hero but also of note. the archvillain in reagan's life was robert kennedy, his supreme nemesis. in 1961 upon becoming his brother's attorney general he pursued corruption with a vengeance. he also targeted political opponents. kennedy hold reagan before a grand jury two weeks later. the justice department subpoenaed. the matter never resulted in an indictment, he lost his job. they got the news over lunch...
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named for class of 1915 graduate, general and later president, dwight eisenhower eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here's the west point band in the hudson valley holiday concert performing holiday presents. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at the united states military academy. but as we take a quick break, here's the west point cadet glee club singing "mansions of the lord." ♪ ♪ if you're suffering from constipation or irregularity powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. dulcolax, for relief you can count on. crest presents 3d white whitestrips for the holidays. her smile is so white. i was pretty stunned myself. oh, these aren't the messy tray things. whitestrips are so easy, they just go on and get to work. removes 14 years of stains
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eisenhower would like. >> pink was a very popular color. think pink again, sort of femininity, the feminine mystique. i think a lot of people could identify with her and her clothes and that would make it popular. >> most definitely. and i love the caption to this pho photo. it says mamie enjoyed a good bargain. >> mail order hats. >> and this is interesting, lisa kathleen, can you tell us about this textile? >> this actually is not a piece of our collection, but it is a tulle and it shows scenes in their life. it's the house in gettysburg and her places they've visited and been. so it's really sort -- kind of like you make a quilt would be the story of our life. this fabric in a little way is sort of a scrapbook of the e eisenhowers. do we know where this dress is? >> i do not know. i will assume it's in the presidential library system. and the head of the library system just went, um, maybe. >> moving on to mrs. kennedy who was we all know a style setter and someone people followed very, very, very carefully. what was it about mrs. kenned
eisenhower would like. >> pink was a very popular color. think pink again, sort of femininity, the feminine mystique. i think a lot of people could identify with her and her clothes and that would make it popular. >> most definitely. and i love the caption to this pho photo. it says mamie enjoyed a good bargain. >> mail order hats. >> and this is interesting, lisa kathleen, can you tell us about this textile? >> this actually is not a piece of our collection, but...
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i was dwight eisenhower. that same area, carried a majority of southern electoral votes. that is the history that could have been. race intervened in a major way, something as seemingly ordinary as a telephone call from the kennedy camp to mrs. martin luther king in 1960 at the time that dr. king has been arrested, expressing their concern while nixon remained conspicuously silent. >> which is not say the kennedy were so progressive or enlightened. >> such heated atmosphere. our own henry cabot ronald, who nix wonout on his ticket that year and with all due respect may be the only demonstrable example of a modern vice presidential candidate who wound up costing his ticket votes, but for good reason. he went up to harlem and he promised there would be an african-american in the cabinet if richard nixon became president. which immediately threw the nixon campaign into a tail spin, which was systemic of their problem. the republican platform in 1960 contained the strongest civil rights plank in the civil rights but richmond nixon within to atlanta and 125,000 people turn out
i was dwight eisenhower. that same area, carried a majority of southern electoral votes. that is the history that could have been. race intervened in a major way, something as seemingly ordinary as a telephone call from the kennedy camp to mrs. martin luther king in 1960 at the time that dr. king has been arrested, expressing their concern while nixon remained conspicuously silent. >> which is not say the kennedy were so progressive or enlightened. >> such heated atmosphere. our own...
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one could include eisenhower and marshall. i tried to make another slide. they're a political outlook has been jettisoned. it is one of the reasons why marshall can go on to be the postwar secretary of state. the results, of course, are well known. elections, the48 marshall plan, nato, all based on the successful establishment during the war, or i believe when you look at this backwards, evidence confirms the existence of a deliberate and sustained grand strategic engagement with the mediterranean during world war ii, the proof of that being in the outcome. i could have talked about france. i could have talked about various other areas. on theht by focusing detail of the italian campaign, you can get into the heart of what i've been discussing. thanks for your time. let's take some questions. [applause] a lot of the things -- early cold war but also during the war historians, they have noted the control that the soviets of stalin had over all of the communist party's of europe. is that what you are thinking of -- are these just following orders, or is there
one could include eisenhower and marshall. i tried to make another slide. they're a political outlook has been jettisoned. it is one of the reasons why marshall can go on to be the postwar secretary of state. the results, of course, are well known. elections, the48 marshall plan, nato, all based on the successful establishment during the war, or i believe when you look at this backwards, evidence confirms the existence of a deliberate and sustained grand strategic engagement with the...
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fabric in a little way is sort of a scrapbook of the eisenho r eisenhowe eisenhowers. >> do we know where this dress is? >> i'm going to assume it's in the presidential library. and the head of the presidential library system went, maybe. >> moving on to mrs. kennedy, who was -- we all know, a style setter. someone people followed very, very carefully. what was it about mrs. kennedy's style? >> it seemed aristocratic. >> and it was very much a kind of upper class style which went from eastern seaboard right across to europe. so it was ha look which for a lot of americans, i think was strikingly chic. i think if you -- other people thought these were the nice clothes that one wore, you know, but for the average american, it was sort of the first sight of a first lady wearing this very chic clothing. >> was it a glimpse inside a very rarefied universe? >> i think that would be fair to say. >> but it seems to me, it's a style you look at and think it might be achievable for you. you can imagine buying that dress. >> women's daily covered her, like a war, everything she did, they were coverin
fabric in a little way is sort of a scrapbook of the eisenho r eisenhowe eisenhowers. >> do we know where this dress is? >> i'm going to assume it's in the presidential library. and the head of the presidential library system went, maybe. >> moving on to mrs. kennedy, who was -- we all know, a style setter. someone people followed very, very carefully. what was it about mrs. kennedy's style? >> it seemed aristocratic. >> and it was very much a kind of upper class...
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my dad says, president eisenhower. now, i, my young self, thought president eisenhower was the title of the job but i was really impressed. i said to my folks, when this president eisenhower dies who becomes the next president eisenhower? that is what eisenhower meant to a lot of families. then in 1964 i was all barry goldwater. i was 16 years old in high school. barry goldwater was against the draft. favored legalizing marijuana and prostitution. what more could a 16-year-old boy ask for. then he voted against the civil rights act. what is that other party called? that was our pivotal change for a lot of people. but i've been on both sides of the fence. and i still find a lot republicans have to offer that is very positive. unfortunately gets buried by a lot of other republicans but that is the past my job again, to siphon truth, to look through that political landscape and begin to help it make sense to everybody else. so that is why the polarized 1990s of bill clinton and newt gingrich became more divided over the l
my dad says, president eisenhower. now, i, my young self, thought president eisenhower was the title of the job but i was really impressed. i said to my folks, when this president eisenhower dies who becomes the next president eisenhower? that is what eisenhower meant to a lot of families. then in 1964 i was all barry goldwater. i was 16 years old in high school. barry goldwater was against the draft. favored legalizing marijuana and prostitution. what more could a 16-year-old boy ask for. then...
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. >> named for the class of 1915 graduates and eisenhowers is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire core of cadets. >> let's get right to it. here is the west point band in the huntington valley holiday concert performing holiday presence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ rl ♪ ♪ o >> we hudson holiday concert as well as a behind the scenes look at the united states military academy. as we take a quick break here's the cadet glee club singing "mansions of the lord." ♪ ♪ ♪ could protect you from cancer? what if one push up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease- pneumococcal pneumonia. one dose of the prevnar 13 ® vaccine can help protect you ... from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain, difficulty breathing, and may even put you in the hospital. prevnar 13 is used in adults 50 and older to help prevent infections from 13 strains of the bacteria that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. you should not receive prevnar 13 if you've had a se
. >> named for the class of 1915 graduates and eisenhowers is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire core of cadets. >> let's get right to it. here is the west point band in the huntington valley holiday concert performing holiday presence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ rl ♪ ♪ o >> we hudson holiday concert as well as a behind the scenes look at the united states military academy. as we take a quick break here's the cadet glee club singing "mansions...
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at happenedw henry stheon the same states at life stevenson carrd ait eisenhower. s that because stephenson was a tougher guy in foreign licy th dwight dad eisenher no. sthenson put on the tick john smart men of alaamo was a fiter ofhe dixie mafeo whi clefor massive restance to immigratioanmaiv resistanceo e preme court cion when i was a senr high school. the demoats, look at the column i wrote for nixonwhere said nixon wt south and he id look let's leave tthe dixiecrat to squeezehe las ounces of political juice out of e tting fruit of racial injustice. nixon voted for e civil rights actof 1957 up 1960 64, 65 68 and he dsregated thsouth. once once the southst segregated, on i was off the tae naturally the south move raight into the republan party but only after it was desegregated. so it's a ve on i'm ppy to take it on in the book. thliberawhining and compinin none othem whine d mpin when fdr was wanting all cnderate states ertime hran all four times. >>at ere livestreaminthis progm nit and we asked our viewers to submit thei questionson mail and i'm going to ask o
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with a military internet complex the coming together of these powerful forces and hearkening back to eisenhower military-industrial complex speech that we will talk about a year. this begins at the tail end of the bush administration mitt check a few years to take the threat seriously. there was talk of the highest level for many years but it did not catch on until the end bush was not the most technologically inclined in once said he used the google to look at satellite images of his ranch and clinton is only send one e-mail the entire time he was in office. but where this takes off with the national security prairie is obama to use the internet masterfully very much the first internet president and he got a firsthand experience with cyberis the and irish and believed to be in china and they have done that can pay a system of but he comes in with a firsthand glimpse with an appreciation with the full their facilities from cyberspace and from day one to is this is classified briefings cyberis placed near the top so he has ahold their approach and may 2009 bombing gives a speech in the east rive
with a military internet complex the coming together of these powerful forces and hearkening back to eisenhower military-industrial complex speech that we will talk about a year. this begins at the tail end of the bush administration mitt check a few years to take the threat seriously. there was talk of the highest level for many years but it did not catch on until the end bush was not the most technologically inclined in once said he used the google to look at satellite images of his ranch and...
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the one with eisenhower but he could have an elected on any ticket but in 54 leading the republican party they lost 13 senate seats and in 1960 he lost narrowly in a contested election. we heard what happened in chicago he ran for governor and was defeated by governor brown. then he had the famous press conference when he said "this is it". he had it with the press think of all the fun you'll have when you don't have richard nixon to kick around because this is my last press conference. he was finished with even though he was out not only introduced goldwater at that convention in than campaign for himself. and then i arrived in 65. the republicans had 130 seats in the house. the 17 governorships. the state legislators were outnumbered it was between the goldwater wing and rockefeller romney. that is what nixon inherited with his great to come back. that is the situation i a encountered and how did i get bored? as i was the editorial writer and having some difficulty with my publisher at the time. and i thought maybe i should get out of the office and into the real world. so nixon was inv
the one with eisenhower but he could have an elected on any ticket but in 54 leading the republican party they lost 13 senate seats and in 1960 he lost narrowly in a contested election. we heard what happened in chicago he ran for governor and was defeated by governor brown. then he had the famous press conference when he said "this is it". he had it with the press think of all the fun you'll have when you don't have richard nixon to kick around because this is my last press...
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that's the forecast. >> taking a look at the in bound eisenhower, we have a crash initially from the outbound side we hear from emergency responders it's actually the in bound still taking out the far left lane. they are tending to that driver. a few spots of the construction of the jane addams and lingering construction on the kennedy. it will break it down for you coming up. >>there's more to come in our next half-hour. live with details on a minimum wage hike that will get a vote today. >> and hundreds of people in the suburbs with four hours to meet former president george bush. also, details on a plot that targeted major chicago landmarks including a hike in the minimum wage in chicago is up for vote before the city council today. >> cameras are coming to chicago. officers will be wearing them after the new year. >> a home owner talks about how he survived a taxicab crashing into his bedroom as he slept. >>good morning, i'm dan ponce. and i'm lourdes duarte. lots to talk about nationally. you'll get to the weather first. >> temperatures are going to warm up. but that's not good
that's the forecast. >> taking a look at the in bound eisenhower, we have a crash initially from the outbound side we hear from emergency responders it's actually the in bound still taking out the far left lane. they are tending to that driver. a few spots of the construction of the jane addams and lingering construction on the kennedy. it will break it down for you coming up. >>there's more to come in our next half-hour. live with details on a minimum wage hike that will get a vote...
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. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap. by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances and in a way magnified by them. >> i realize that i have committed a grave crime and i realize that i must be punished for it. >> the evidence of espionage, currency, presumably for the spy to buy his way to freedom. and the spy's last resort, a poison needle with which he could kill himself instantly if captured and threatened with torture. >> no one wants another pearl harbor. this means that we must have knowledge of military forces and preparations around the world. the safety of the whole free world demands this. >> our government was in effect admitting that we had previously lied and that we had committed espionage, admissions that no nation had ever made before. >> how will this mission affect the united states do you think? >> i feel it gives the amer
. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap. by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances and in a way magnified by them. >> i realize that i have committed a grave crime and i realize that i must be punished for it. >> the evidence of espionage, currency,...
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i said, i remember so well one of the last conversations i had with president eisenhower. in fact, the last conversation i had with him before i was inaugurated. he called me on the phone. he said he wanted to wish me well. and then he went on to say, his voice broke a bit when he said it, you know, i have only one regret on this great day. this is the last time that i can ever call you dick, mr. president. and i said, gerry, this is the last time i can ever call you gerry, mr. president. and it brought tears to her eyes. -- our eyes. after the speech, i went over to the residence to read henry came up to me -- residence. henry came up to me, and he said, i have always done this after the big speeches. as we got to the door, he said, mr. president, history is going to record that you were a great president. i said, henry, that will depend on who writes the history. i went upstairs, and all of the family was gathered in the hall. as i came in, david said, i don't see how you did it, i don't see how you did it. and then suddenly, they all got up and came around and just surr
i said, i remember so well one of the last conversations i had with president eisenhower. in fact, the last conversation i had with him before i was inaugurated. he called me on the phone. he said he wanted to wish me well. and then he went on to say, his voice broke a bit when he said it, you know, i have only one regret on this great day. this is the last time that i can ever call you dick, mr. president. and i said, gerry, this is the last time i can ever call you gerry, mr. president. and...
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back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro's government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange of ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. they'll also ease some of the restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba. the white house said that it will open--business also now be able to open accounts at cuban banks, and travelers will be permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards inside cuba. until now they have not been able to. in an address to the nation this is how president obama defended his decision to reset relations with cuba. >> where we disagree we won't raise those differences directly. as we will continue to do on issues related to issues of democracy and human rights in cuba. i believe that we can do more to support the cuban people and promote our values through engagements. after all, these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. it's time for a new approach. >> now to put icing on the cake today's cuban announcement was announced in conjunction with the prisoner swap. amer
back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro's government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange of ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. they'll also ease some of the restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba. the white house said that it will open--business also now be able to open accounts at cuban banks, and travelers will be permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards inside cuba. until now they...
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get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, >>> march 3rd, 2010, a parking lot in eisenhower park on long island, about 30 minutes from mid-town, manhattan. >> hi, you said you want him gone, not walking the earth anymore. okay. what do you got? >> i just have a picture. >> susan williams, a mother of four, meets with an under cover detective posing as an assassination for hire. the intended target, susan's estranged husband, peter williams. >> you should cut yourself out of that picture. >> she gives him that photo. in her mind the murder is as good as happened. and she took such care to write the information on the back and explain it to the detective. >> what's on the back here? >> i just put his birthday to see how hold he is. >> authorities are hesitant to charge susan with any crime until they see money changing hands. >> so i should give you some money, right? >> yes. >> hundreds, huh one, two, three, four, five. >> you wanted ones? >> no. >> are they real? are they dry yet? >> the detectives were always told to count the money so you can hear it in case the video isn't wor
get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, >>> march 3rd, 2010, a parking lot in eisenhower park on long island, about 30 minutes from mid-town, manhattan. >> hi, you said you want him gone, not walking the earth anymore. okay. what do you got? >> i just have a picture. >> susan williams, a mother of four, meets with an under cover detective posing as an assassination for hire. the intended target, susan's estranged husband, peter williams. >> you should...
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. >> o'donnell: nearly 54 years after president eisenhower severed diplomatic ties with the communist dictatorship, president obama said it is time to restore them. two countries separated by just 90 miles, but more than half a century of hostilities, including a failed attempt to overthrow fidel castro, the cuban missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, and u.s. embargo. today, the president said it is time to cut loose the shackles of the past. we have a team of correspondents covering this historic day beginning with major garrett at the white house. >> i am convinced that through a policy of engagement we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century. >> reporter: it started this march with a meeting between president obama and pope francis at the vatican. the president then authorized direct talks with cuba about the release of u.s. aid worker alan gross and potential opening of diplomatic relations with the castro regime. ben rhodes and rickardo zuniga med with officials in cana
. >> o'donnell: nearly 54 years after president eisenhower severed diplomatic ties with the communist dictatorship, president obama said it is time to restore them. two countries separated by just 90 miles, but more than half a century of hostilities, including a failed attempt to overthrow fidel castro, the cuban missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, and u.s. embargo. today, the president said it is time to cut loose the shackles of the past. we have a team...
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some say eisenhower sought ways to communicate with aliens. he wanted to make a deal. >> eisenhower made the agreement with the aliens that they would get dna from us, and then they would get to abduct a certain number of people. >> he showed up five days later saying he had been captured but not harmed by creatures from outer space. >> we would get technology. after that, we suddenly had fiber optics and night vision goggles and the computer chip. so we made this huge leap forward in the late '50s, early '60s. >> could this allegedly smuggled videotape be proof, as some believe, that project sigma is real and active in the 1980s? if so, we may never know because the video unfortunately or, perhaps, conveniently is silent. >> i can't allow the voices of the project personnel to be heard by the general public. there's a very good chance their family or friends on the outside might recognize them -- >> here is the alien interview in its entirety just as it appeared in broadstreet's documentary with victor's commentary as an audio guide. >> we're
some say eisenhower sought ways to communicate with aliens. he wanted to make a deal. >> eisenhower made the agreement with the aliens that they would get dna from us, and then they would get to abduct a certain number of people. >> he showed up five days later saying he had been captured but not harmed by creatures from outer space. >> we would get technology. after that, we suddenly had fiber optics and night vision goggles and the computer chip. so we made this huge leap...
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by this point, much has already been said about the legal authority going back to really, eisenhower in the 50s, every president has used similar or same authority in the immigration context. the authority stems from the president's constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. in heckler v cheney, the supreme court explained to the president that this does not -- in the supreme court of arizona vrz the united states struck down the majority of arizona's immigration law, broad discretion exercised by federal immigration officials extend to, quote, whether it makes sense to pursue remol at all. in 1999 members of congress from both parties, including members who still serve on this committee, wrote to then attorney general janet reno and asked her to issue specific instructions to guide in the use of prosecutorial discretion and several years later, congress in the homeland security act specifically directed the director of homeland security to enact national immigration enforcement policies and priorities. that's precisely what secretary johnson has done. now
by this point, much has already been said about the legal authority going back to really, eisenhower in the 50s, every president has used similar or same authority in the immigration context. the authority stems from the president's constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. in heckler v cheney, the supreme court explained to the president that this does not -- in the supreme court of arizona vrz the united states struck down the majority of arizona's immigration...
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and if you've got a name like adlai stevenson, or if you're dwight eisenhower's brother, earl eisenhower, then you have a lot of name recognition and you win. so he moved pretty quickly into politics. he was very ambitious about what he might do. c-span: and he was governor of illinois how many terms? >> guest: oh, i was talking about the son who became senator... c-span: i'm sorry. >> guest: ... for times. c-span: but the--two. >> guest: adlai stevenson ii, this gets very difficult when you talk to people about who--which adlai ewing stevenson is being referred to. adlai stevenson ii also was a lawyer and but had this call. i don't think there's any other way to put it--you're called into public duty. he went to washington and worked in the new deal. and then he went back to chicago and he really wasn't very happy about being a lawyer in chicago and then he had various jobs in the un. and it's--the un saw--suited adlai and he it. and then he became governor of illinois and that's the only elective office that he ever had. c-span: you do notice as you read your book that there were a lot
and if you've got a name like adlai stevenson, or if you're dwight eisenhower's brother, earl eisenhower, then you have a lot of name recognition and you win. so he moved pretty quickly into politics. he was very ambitious about what he might do. c-span: and he was governor of illinois how many terms? >> guest: oh, i was talking about the son who became senator... c-span: i'm sorry. >> guest: ... for times. c-span: but the--two. >> guest: adlai stevenson ii, this gets very...
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born and raised. >> d realize most of this country doesn't know who made me eisenhower -- maybe eisenhower is? >> that is a shame. we need to learn from history. i just read about winston churchill and the wisdom he had and the fact that so many people ignored his warnings, while hitler built up his third reich. eisenhower, ronald reagan, that is our twitter question of the day. does the spending bill show a new republican party, one the gipper would recognize? tweet us. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. we say good morning to all of you listening and watching from the great state of iowa, particularly on series xm --sirius xm. i once walked into the hilton and it was like 20,000 people watching wrestling. >> you are on top of your college sports this morning. speaking of iowa, the governor her recently got into a twitter war. give us the back story. what happened? >> first, we are the leading cork reducing state in the country. -- producing state in the country. crates would not be the right thing to do as far as being humane. the reason we have them is to falling over from and killing baby
born and raised. >> d realize most of this country doesn't know who made me eisenhower -- maybe eisenhower is? >> that is a shame. we need to learn from history. i just read about winston churchill and the wisdom he had and the fact that so many people ignored his warnings, while hitler built up his third reich. eisenhower, ronald reagan, that is our twitter question of the day. does the spending bill show a new republican party, one the gipper would recognize? tweet us. ♪...
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a crash near eisenhower avenue on the beltway. it's on the outer loop after eisenhower and before telegraph road. most of the activity is out of the roadway but still getting a lot of attention. >> the national highway traffic safety administration is opening great go'sation into handling of the largest car seat recall in u.s. history -- into handling of the car seat recall. the vocal can become stuck in the latched position. buckle can become stuck. at white up, a look flight prices are still skyhigh, despite lower fuel prices. opportunity for vietnam beingns, years after discharged from the military without honors. >> the department of defense is giving bn a nonveterans what some are calling along over do -- long overdue opportunity to clear their names more than 40 years after serving. >> i went to college with david. >> at the maryland vietnam veterans memorial, they share memories and recollections. both men served in vietnam. one as an infantry correspondent , and one as a radio operator. >> looking for everything, listening
a crash near eisenhower avenue on the beltway. it's on the outer loop after eisenhower and before telegraph road. most of the activity is out of the roadway but still getting a lot of attention. >> the national highway traffic safety administration is opening great go'sation into handling of the largest car seat recall in u.s. history -- into handling of the car seat recall. the vocal can become stuck in the latched position. buckle can become stuck. at white up, a look flight prices are...
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some say eisenhower sought ways to communicate with aliens and wanted to make a deal. >> eisenhower made the agreement with the aliens that they would get dna from us and get to abduct a certain number of people. >> he showed up five days later and had been captured and not harm and creatures from the united states. after that we had fiber optics and night vision goggles and we made this hugely forward in the late 50s and early 60s. >> could this tape be prove that project sigma is real and active in the 1980s? we may never know because the video unfortunately or perhaps conveniently is silent. >> there is a very good chance their family or friends on the outside will be recognized. >> here is the alien interview in its entirety just as it appeared in the documentary with victor's commentary as an audio guide. >> we are looking at the interview and it is kept dark for the comfort of the aliens. >> in this case the only other person was a military aide. the alien is seated behind a glass partition, the lowest designation. that's primarily for the protection of the aliens, not us. in fact,
some say eisenhower sought ways to communicate with aliens and wanted to make a deal. >> eisenhower made the agreement with the aliens that they would get dna from us and get to abduct a certain number of people. >> he showed up five days later and had been captured and not harm and creatures from the united states. after that we had fiber optics and night vision goggles and we made this hugely forward in the late 50s and early 60s. >> could this tape be prove that project...
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and davidand julie, eisenhower, his sons and laws -- s-in-law, and they left. after the tapes were released, the president did what he did. that is the fifth. now he had decided to resign on several days earlier. the senior white house staff knew. that afternoon, l hague -- al uccinctives a su description of that point her and he finds a note on his pillow. that is the sixth. on the seventh, the family had the last dinner at the white , which ishe solarium on the third floor of the family quarters, and it is hidden by the portico. it is a room that is essentially all glass walls, and there is a balcony that looks down on to elipse. after that dinner, the president goes to the lincoln sitting room to work, and after midnight he calls his press secretary ron ziegler to talk about final arrangements for the next morning. >> we decided that night to go out for one last ride on the sequoia. that was a rather you read right, i would -- rather eerie ride, i would say. we talked about what patricia woods call the subject -- patricia woudld call "the subject." talked ab
and davidand julie, eisenhower, his sons and laws -- s-in-law, and they left. after the tapes were released, the president did what he did. that is the fifth. now he had decided to resign on several days earlier. the senior white house staff knew. that afternoon, l hague -- al uccinctives a su description of that point her and he finds a note on his pillow. that is the sixth. on the seventh, the family had the last dinner at the white , which ishe solarium on the third floor of the family...
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a economy that dates back to the eisenhower days, cuba is forbidden. if you think the markets are totally off limits to u.s., think again. >> for two years nearly the u.s. has been free to sell agricultural commodities to cuba and has. it sold as much as three quarters of a billion dollars a year, less in recent years but that trade does go on. >> last year u.s. exports to cuba totaled $350 million, making the united states the largest importer of food. often come from farmers and ranchers in places like nebraska and ohio. >> cargill is probably the biggest single exporter and that is bulk commodities, soybeans, corn, primarily. as a big export is tyson's chicken. cuba buys a lot of chicken pieces. >> reporter: last year the u.s. sold $144 million of chicken, and agribusiness states have sold corn soy and beef to the island. tom donahue, head of the u.s. chamber of commerce likely had in mind when he head a delegation in maize. >> it is time to begin a new chapter of u.s. cuban relations. >> many mid western congressmen and senators have been trying fo
a economy that dates back to the eisenhower days, cuba is forbidden. if you think the markets are totally off limits to u.s., think again. >> for two years nearly the u.s. has been free to sell agricultural commodities to cuba and has. it sold as much as three quarters of a billion dollars a year, less in recent years but that trade does go on. >> last year u.s. exports to cuba totaled $350 million, making the united states the largest importer of food. often come from farmers and...
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eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on school desegregation. >> and now ceo rosen, in turn, is enforcing the time limit. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, like the sixth amendment right to speedy trials, the national constitution center book fairs have to end on time. but i just have to thank, first of all, our two superb participants, harlow unger and judge wecth, for a spectacular conversation. [applause] .. a tribute to the c-span audience and a vindication of my faith that when the citizens of the united states are presented with the best arguments on all sides of complicated constitutional questions, they can pay attention and grasp them and make up their own minds. it's a privilege to share bill of rights day with you. thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> every weekend, booktv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past proms online at booktv.org. >> jonathan yardley, how did you get into
eisenhower, of course, used that precedent in sending troops to little rock, arkansas, to enforce the supreme court decision on school desegregation. >> and now ceo rosen, in turn, is enforcing the time limit. [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen, like the sixth amendment right to speedy trials, the national constitution center book fairs have to end on time. but i just have to thank, first of all, our two superb participants, harlow unger and judge wecth, for a spectacular...
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this is an embargo that began in october of 1960 and was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kennedy. can dick nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and the embargo was the stuff that was taken. i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. i am not a cuba specialist will study the u.s. cuban relationship. what i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what intrigues me most about washington's policy toward and that is the mental software we use to undergird our policy. that is what the book is about -- what it attempts to explain is what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. first, as will blitzer says on the "situation room" -- we have some breaking news. i want to talk a little bit about what president obama did it yesterday. he announced the relaxation of the u.s. embargo on cuba. this is an embargo that began in october of 1960 and was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kenned
this is an embargo that began in october of 1960 and was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kennedy. can dick nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and the embargo was the stuff that was taken. i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. i am not a cuba specialist will study the u.s. cuban relationship. what i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what...
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. >> you have been writing about it nonstop, this is the biggest action by president since eisenhower and kennedy. put it in context. >> you have to go back 55 years. as you know in two weeks oddly enough we will be seeing the 55th verse of the cuban revolution of new year's 1959. to go back to early 1960s, this is something that the people who did the embargo in 1960 in the administration of dwight eisenhower thought this was something that could bring the castro regime down in a reasonable period of time. so what president obama is basically saying is not i love the castro brothers and not i don't want the cubans to have freedom but he is trying to say essentially maybe opening things up will bring the freedom that we want bring down this regime. if it works, he will be praised by history. if it doesn't, he won't. >> and interesting because there have been so many presidents that have had to deal with the cuba situation one way or another, either for domestic political reasons or international reasons as kennedy had to do. and yet all of them dealt with the castro brothers. and they
. >> you have been writing about it nonstop, this is the biggest action by president since eisenhower and kennedy. put it in context. >> you have to go back 55 years. as you know in two weeks oddly enough we will be seeing the 55th verse of the cuban revolution of new year's 1959. to go back to early 1960s, this is something that the people who did the embargo in 1960 in the administration of dwight eisenhower thought this was something that could bring the castro regime down in a...
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about eisenhower to semi trucks slid off into the ditch. one at each 3 and another act lake. those accidents not far from each other all in this stretch where we have that heavy fog. stevenson blocked after 2 semi trucks collided. heavy fog could they did call for a medical helicopter they could not even the land because visibility was so bad. still working to extricate the driver . this is at the 80- 94 close to indianapolis boulevard dealing with the same low lying falk. now a new accident at the entrance ramp at indianapolis boulevard partially blocked with in a fender bender. that's the few items out there watching. numbers are still holding out. we will see what the weather does and how it impacts of these numbers going into the 6:00. at this point it's based travel time moving pretty well. keep in mind we do have all service restored on the chicago branch from 93 to stoney island. >> still ahead, what people in parts of sierra leone will not gather to celebrate christmas or any holidays. and the former vice- president dick cheney and fires back over the cia interrogatio
about eisenhower to semi trucks slid off into the ditch. one at each 3 and another act lake. those accidents not far from each other all in this stretch where we have that heavy fog. stevenson blocked after 2 semi trucks collided. heavy fog could they did call for a medical helicopter they could not even the land because visibility was so bad. still working to extricate the driver . this is at the 80- 94 close to indianapolis boulevard dealing with the same low lying falk. now a new accident at...
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amazing. >> reporter: he couldn't resist slipping notes into eisenhower's jackets, offering advice on the suez crisis. he told a reporter about it. >> reporter: later bill clinton turned to greenfield, too. >> he says, can i tell you something, martin? do me a favor. don't write notes in my pocket. who told you i write notes? i said no, no, i'm going to give you a fax number. you fax me anything you want. >> reporter: the atelier in brooklyn is old school. >> everything is made the old-fashioned way. >> reporter: 120 workers, mostly immigrants, many working here 20-plus years. >> this is charlie. >> reporter: greenfield doesn't dwell on the holocaust, always keeping in mind his father's advice. >> last words you honor us by extending our life by living, not by crying. and that's what i do every minute of my day. >> reporter: there's that old saying, the clothes make the man. do you believe that? >> i believe it. >> reporter: but a tailor also knows people in an intimate way. and i suspect that part of you would think the measure of the man isn't just the clothes. >> the measure of the
amazing. >> reporter: he couldn't resist slipping notes into eisenhower's jackets, offering advice on the suez crisis. he told a reporter about it. >> reporter: later bill clinton turned to greenfield, too. >> he says, can i tell you something, martin? do me a favor. don't write notes in my pocket. who told you i write notes? i said no, no, i'm going to give you a fax number. you fax me anything you want. >> reporter: the atelier in brooklyn is old school. >>...
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i frankly think that, and you point to president eisenhower and beside him, a foreign policy president, i think ronald reagan is going to get a lot of credit for foreign policy especially in the second term with the soviet union and also, george h.w. bush and president obama himself cites president bush sr. >> but there's nothing like for president obama. of those. >> but again, you and i may disagree -- >> maybe that's why he's pushing so hard for iran. >> there's something as pushing too hard for a deal but people are very worried in the neighborhood, some are worried he will get a deal, it's not a good deal for us. cub could be a dangerous deal for us. >> that brings up an important point. he brings up the president reagan example. we saw margaret thavtcher and then pope john paul bring the soviet collapse of the communist dictatorship there. here, they worked to reengage without being a collapse of a dictatorship and collapse of a communist regime. therein lies the difference. >> i was originally a market reporter and wanted to look at the economy. president obama took over as ever
i frankly think that, and you point to president eisenhower and beside him, a foreign policy president, i think ronald reagan is going to get a lot of credit for foreign policy especially in the second term with the soviet union and also, george h.w. bush and president obama himself cites president bush sr. >> but there's nothing like for president obama. of those. >> but again, you and i may disagree -- >> maybe that's why he's pushing so hard for iran. >> there's...
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embargo dating back to the eisenhower days, the message to most americans is clear - cuba is forbidden. for those that thing the island's markets are off limits, think again. >> there's a lot of interactions between the u.s. and cuba, since 2000, for 15 years nearly. the u.s. has been free to sell agricultural commodities to cuba, and has. it sold as much as three-quarters of a billion a year, less in recent years. the trade goes on. last year u.s. exports to cuba totals $350 million, making it the largest source of fuel. that means beans and chicken often come from farmers and ranchers in places like nebraska, and ohio. it is bulk commodities. soy beans, corn. another big exporter is tyson's chicken. cuba buys is lot of chicken pieces. >> last year the u.s. sold 144 million in frozen chicken, and agribusiness in states like iowa, illinois, and nebraska sold millions in beans, coin, soy and beef to the island. that's a reality con donno hue had in mind when he led a delegation to the island in may. >> it's time to begin a new chapter in u.s.-cuban relations. >> it included executives.
embargo dating back to the eisenhower days, the message to most americans is clear - cuba is forbidden. for those that thing the island's markets are off limits, think again. >> there's a lot of interactions between the u.s. and cuba, since 2000, for 15 years nearly. the u.s. has been free to sell agricultural commodities to cuba, and has. it sold as much as three-quarters of a billion a year, less in recent years. the trade goes on. last year u.s. exports to cuba totals $350 million,...
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i wrote a book about generals eisenhower, marshall, and mcarthur. taking them from their beginnings to their ends. in effect, a tripartheid biography if i. i wanted to call it 15 stars. each one was a five-star general. and it was called 15 stars. nobody objected to that although it got a dreadful sub title worded by the publisher. in any case, when i got to chapter 11, of 15 stars, i realized the book was getting terribly long. i had to take out much of what i had written about the battle of the bulge because the book had to be shortened. but i don't like to waste words. i reuse them. and so i recycled chapter 11 into a book called "11 days in december," which was about the battle of the bulge and how the battle of the bulge ended on krfs day, 1944. it ended on christmas day so indentally because of a great man, a great general who was also maybe a lousy human being, general patton, george patton. patton was in command of the third army and knew that the third army had to trudge through the snow and cold to somehow relieve the siege of bass tony, a
i wrote a book about generals eisenhower, marshall, and mcarthur. taking them from their beginnings to their ends. in effect, a tripartheid biography if i. i wanted to call it 15 stars. each one was a five-star general. and it was called 15 stars. nobody objected to that although it got a dreadful sub title worded by the publisher. in any case, when i got to chapter 11, of 15 stars, i realized the book was getting terribly long. i had to take out much of what i had written about the battle of...
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truman and eisenhower, very little movement from the bottom up or from the top down. you ask the historical community and they come out with a judgment of more or less along the lines, at the aspiration of greatness in a president centered culture, we have a presidential addiction. that would be ok if the addiction could be satisfied. i am arguing that the supply of truly great presidents has always exceeded the demand and now more than ever in our country's history we have a paucity of presidents you may detach the word great to. the number of military officers a couple years ago, i asked them, all combat that's roughly my age who was the last political leader in their lifetimes that they would attach the word great to? i gave ten minutes to answer the question, they couldn't identify one and they asked me, who do you think? it was a very easy answer, great political figure, i said martin luther king. one of them in exasperated fashion shot back but he died, he was assassinated, he was murdered in 1968. that is exactly the point. king with all his imperfections, no l
truman and eisenhower, very little movement from the bottom up or from the top down. you ask the historical community and they come out with a judgment of more or less along the lines, at the aspiration of greatness in a president centered culture, we have a presidential addiction. that would be ok if the addiction could be satisfied. i am arguing that the supply of truly great presidents has always exceeded the demand and now more than ever in our country's history we have a paucity of...
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in other words, president eisenhower devoted several full days sessions to all that. in fact cannon record inside his memoirs that eisenhower was the towering intellect among all these people who had been gathered to do this but also had the secretary of the tressy, secretary dulles there, a lot of high level government time devoted to that. you hat load of people across party lines. george was doing the exercise but a he had not been renewed as an ambassador by secretary dullless and forced into retirement but he was still able to play a big role in this process and it's also very hard for me to imagine that's going on -- none of that leaked. people didn't know about solarium until 40 or 50 years after it happened in any detail. people knew the outlines of it but no one talked in those days. no one had bob woodward -- no one was telling bob woodward what they thought during the solarium process when president highs 'hour is recap pit few lating the tree strategies. it's a potential model but i worry how we could execute it in today's environment. >> i would just add
in other words, president eisenhower devoted several full days sessions to all that. in fact cannon record inside his memoirs that eisenhower was the towering intellect among all these people who had been gathered to do this but also had the secretary of the tressy, secretary dulles there, a lot of high level government time devoted to that. you hat load of people across party lines. george was doing the exercise but a he had not been renewed as an ambassador by secretary dullless and forced...
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it was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kennedy. candidate nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and step thato was the was taken. [no audio] i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. not a cuba specialist. i studied the u.s.-chiba relationship. what i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what intrigues me most about washington's policy toward cuba. that is the mental software we use to undergird our policy. and that's what the book is about. what it attempts to explain is what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. but first, as wolfowitz or says we havesituation room," some breaking news. i want to talk about what president obama did yesterday. he announced a relaxation of the u.s. embargo of cuba. this began in october, 1960. it was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kennedy. candidate nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and the embar
it was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between richard nixon and john kennedy. candidate nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and step thato was the was taken. [no audio] i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. not a cuba specialist. i studied the u.s.-chiba relationship. what i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what intrigues me most about washington's policy toward cuba....